Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
TERESA OF AVILAFor pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
More Teresa of Avila Quotes
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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
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All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.
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Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.
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What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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